Copics Class at My Creative Classroom

Now that you have mastered the basics of Copic markers, let's expand our learning and use of them.

• Lesson One - Light and Shadows
• Lesson Two - Shading objects
• Lesson Three - Coloring Faces and Hair
• Lesson Four - Putting it all together

Digital images will be provided for the class by Karen's Doodles.

Start Date	March 5, 2013
Price	$35
Length	4 Weeks
Enrollment Ends	March 15, 2013
Supply List	Click here to download the supply list.
Classroom Includes	This class includes instructional slide shows, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery. If you have any questions regarding your ability to view course materials, please see our FAQ's.
Other Information	NOTE: Students will have access to the instructor-led classroom for a total of 7 weeks. After that time, students will be placed in Extend

Parchment Craft class at MCC and a Giveaway

My Creative Classroom presents Parchment Craft the Sweet Stamps way.  This technique is much easier than the traditional parchment craft of hand tracing your design onto vellum. We use stamps especially suited to this beautiful art. You will be able to produce amazing results in a very short amount of time.

• Lesson 1 - Tools: piercing and embossing, vellum, ink and coloring methods
• Lesson 2 - Heat embossing and dry embossing
• Lesson 3 - Piercing and cutting out your image, mounting on cardstock
• Lesson 4 - Working with the grid

Sweet Stamps supplies are needed to complete the projects in this class. A 15% discount is extended to registered students at www.sweetstamps.com- (coupon codes provided upon registration.)***

I am giving away a Parchment Craft kit from Sweet Stamps including two free stamps, 7044 Dresden Rose and 438 Dot Butterfly which we will use in the classroom; valued at more that $100.  Class begins on April 17th, cost is $30.  Signups for the giveaway will end on April 1st.

To be eligible to win you must add my blog candy badge found on my left sidebar to your blog; linking it back to this post.  Everyone is eligible to win, regardless of where you live.  If you win, you must enroll in my Parchment Craft before I send your prize. 

Digital Stamping 101 at My Creative Classroom

To sign up for my class which begins today, click on the photo and it will take you to My Creative Classroom.



This class is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and you will be provided with 3 digital stamps for use in class.

• Lesson 1: Basics: copyrights, Angel polices, downloading, unzipping and storing your digital stamps; Image formats and what they mean; Editing programs suitable for digital stamps.
• Lesson 2: Opening, resizing, flipping and more using Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop Elements; Printing single and multiple images, printers and cardstock; Coloring your images.
• Lesson 3: Combining images, overlapping them and dealing with non-transparent backgrounds.
• Lesson 4: Combining digital stamps with rubber stamps, paper piecing and water coloring; Adding gradient backgrounds; Masking digital stamps.

*You can get a fully functioning 30 day free trial of Photoshop Elements  from Adobe to follow along with the lesson. Do not download it until the class begins so it will stay active throughout the class.

"I have enjoyed Sandy and her format. I have had no experience what so ever with digital stamping but I can now easily change sizes etc with word program. Going ok with photoshop but still need to play more with this. I am now totally loving digital stamps when prior to this I have been a pure rubber stamp person only. I am so impressed with the pdf's from each lesson as I was always so far behind just due to time restraints.
I have been more than happy with my first experience, that I actually enrolled in a second class. I told a friend and she enrolled in the watercolouring class."~MCC Student

Parchment Craft at My Creative Classroom

Sweet Stamps is sponsoring my online Parchment Craft class at My Creative Classroom starting on May 1st.

This class is open to anyone who has internet access.  Parchment Craft the Sweet Stamps way is much easier than the traditional parchment craft of hand tracing your design onto vellum. We use stamps especially suited to this beautiful art. You will be able to produce amazing results in a very short amount of time.

• Lesson 1 - Tools: piercing and embossing, vellum, ink and coloring methods
• Lesson 2 - Heat embossing and dry embossing
• Lesson 3 - Piercing and cutting out your image, mounting on cardstock
• Lesson 4 - Working with the grid

Sweet Stamps is extending my students a 15% discount on class supplies. This class includes narrated slide shows, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery.

Course Start Date: May 1st

Course Length: 4 Weeks

Course Fee: $30

(Students will have access to the classroom for at least 6 weeks)

Digital Stamping Class at MCC

To sign up for the class, click on the photo and it will take you to My Creative Classroom.

This class is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and you will be provided with 3 digital stamps for use in class.

• Lesson 1: Basics: copyrights, Angel polices, downloading, unzipping and storing your digital stamps; Image formats and what they mean; Editing programs suitable for digital stamps.
• Lesson 2: Opening, resizing, flipping and more using Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop Elements; Printing single and multiple images, printers and cardstock; Coloring your images.
• Lesson 3: Combining images, overlapping them and dealing with non-transparent backgrounds.
• Lesson 4: Combining digital stamps with rubber stamps, paper piecing and water coloring; Adding gradient backgrounds; Masking digital stamps.

*You can get a fully functioning 30 day free trial of Photoshop Elements  from Adobe to follow along with the lesson. Do not download it until the class begins so it will stay active throughout the class.
"I have enjoyed Sandy and her format. I have had no experience what so ever with digital stamping but I can now easily change sizes etc with word program. Going ok with photoshop but still need to play more with this. I am now totally loving digital stamps when prior to this I have been a pure rubber stamp person only. I am so impressed with the pdf's from each lesson as I was always so far behind just due to time restraints.
I have been more than happy with my first experience, that I actually enrolled in a second class. I told a friend and she enrolled in the watercolouring class."~MCC Student

Copic Markers for Beginners at My Creative Classroom

Now open for Enrollment at My Creative Classroom...

Copic markers have taken the crafting industry by storm. Have you tried them but just don't get the results you want? Join me to learn what makes these markers so special and the "must have" tool in your crafting supplies.

• Lesson One – Copic marker styles, basic care, storage and refilling, the Copic numbering system, inks and papers
• Lesson Two – Color combinations and basic 2 color blending, natural blending families, blender pen
• Lesson Three – Alternative Methods to blend and shade, 3 color blending, Copic markers and mixed media
• Lesson Four – The Airbrush System, not necessary to have one for the class but you will learn how much fun they can be.

*The images displayed here (which I colored) are to demonstrate the beauty you can achieve with Copic markers. You will be coloring your own images at your own skill level. This is NOT a Copic Certification class NOR a coloring class, but rather a class devoted to Copic markers; their use and maintenance.

This class includes narrated slide shows, video demonstrations, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery. If you have any questions regarding your ability to view course materials, please see our FAQ's.

****Click here to Enroll****

Start Date: Jan 24th, 2012
Duration: 4 Weeks
Price: $35
Last Day to Enroll: Feb 3rd, 2012

**Click here for the supply list.**

NOTE: Students will have access to the instructor-led classroom for a total of 7 weeks. After that time, students will be placed in Extended Enrollment classroom. Extended Enrollment classrooms include all course materials, but contain no message boards, student gallery or teacher communication. If you have any questions please contact support.mcc@gmail.com

Holiday cards

Here are the other two cards we made in class yesterday.

I really like the simplicity of this card and yet it is very festive!  The great DP is from Little Yellow Bicycle.  The square stamp is from Stacy Stamps, the long one from PSX (not sure if Inkadinkado is making it now or not)  Both images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Cryogen paper.  Copics used:
Holly - YG63
Berries - R37
Stems - E23
Bow - YR23
Border - YG61
I added some Viva Decor Crystal Clear Glass Effect Gel to the berries to give them some shine.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

For our last card we made a scenic ornament card.  This was inspired by, Cheryl, a student from my online Christmas Scenic Stamping class at My Creative Classroom.  If you want to learn this technique, please join me in the next class starting on November 4th, it is open to everyone with internet access.  The wolves are from Coronado Island Stamping, the moon is Stampscapes.  The background is made with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. 

Online Copic Markers for Beginners starts today

My online class - Copic Markers for Beginners - starts today at My Creative Classroom.  Anyone with an internet connection can attend this class.

Copic markers have taken the crafting industry by storm. Have you tried them but just don't get the results you want? Join me to learn what makes these markers so special and the "must have" tool in your crafting supplies.

• Lesson One – Copic marker styles, basic care, storage and refilling, the Copic numbering system, inks and papers
• Lesson Two – Color combinations and basic 2 color blending, natural blending families, blender pen
• Lesson Three – Alternative Methods to blend and shade, 3 color blending, Copic markers and mixed media
• Lesson Four – The Airbrush System, not necessary to have one for the class but you will learn how much fun they can be.

*The images displayed here (which I colored) are to demonstrate the beauty you can achieve with Copic markers. You will be coloring your own images at your own skill level. This is NOT a Copic Certification class NOR a coloring class, but rather a class devoted to Copic markers; their use and maintenance.
This class includes narrated slide shows, video demonstrations, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery. If you have any questions regarding your ability to view course materials, please see our FAQ's.

**Click here for the supply list.**

Start Date: Sept 29th, 2011
Duration: 4 Weeks
Price: $35
(Students will have access to the classroom for at least 6 weeks)

Teacher: Sandy Hulsart, MCC Faculty Course Start Date: Sep 29, 2011 Enrollment Begins on: Aug 15, 2011 Last Day to Enroll: Oct 8, 2011 Cost: $35.00

Paper Quilling Grapes

Additional homework from my online Quilling lesson at My Creative Classroom this week was to make Grapes! 

You make the grapes from quilled coils that you shape using a Quilling Mini Mold.  Sonya Appel, my instructor, showed us how to make this beautiful tag.  It measures 3.5 x 6.25 inches.  The grape leaves are a punch from Punch Bunch, I added veins with an embossing tool.  The sentiment is from Sweet Stamps. 

Fringed Flowers

My second online Quilling lesson at My Creative Classroom was this week and we learned to make fringed flowers and scrolls and lots of fun things.  Now being the anal person that I am, I don't cut the fringes by hand, I have a cool little 90 degree Fringer.  Have had it for quite some time but did not know what to do with it.  As you can see, I had a lot of fun.  I included a ruler in the pic to give you an idea of the size of these flowers.  They sit up about 3/8 - 1/2 inch high.  Now on to my project.

I have wanted to use my new Cheery Lynn Designs Mega Tea Party die, it is a whopping 7 5/8" in diameter and was just the right size for the top of this cookie tin.  I used my new Tiffany Border around the base of the tin and my Inverted Scallop Circle Stackers Nesting die for the dotted center panel.  

Since I am making this a dog cookie tin, of course I had to use my Karen's Doodles Basset Girl, I just love this digi image.  On a side note, Karen is having a blog hop to showcase her new Christmas images, check it out for a chance to win the digis.  Back to my tin, I colored up the sweet basset with Copics, trimmed her out and then added my beautiful flowers in an arc.  As you can see I also added some quilled leaves and scrolls.  This was such a fun project and I love making these flowers.  I can't wait to incorporate them into my other creations. 

Quilled Sunflowers and Cheery Lynn Designs

I played again with my Quilling supplies and decided if I turned the teardrop around, it looks like a sunflower petal so that lead to this card.............

Using my Cheery Lynn Designs Japanese Lace and Flourish Frame I die cut the frame out of brown card stock and the flourishes out of green card stock.  I replaced the leaves on the flourish with my quilled leaves.  I had to cut the paper strips for the leaves myself so they are not quite the same size but not bad for a first try.  I added a border die cut using my Cheery Lynn Designs Eyelet Border with Piercings, threading a piece of ribbon through the border.   The sentiment is from Hero Arts stamped onto a circle cut with my new Scalloped Window Stackers.  Some Viva Decor Pearl pen accents and I was done.  Finished size is 5 x 7 inches. 

Quilling Class at My Creative Classroom

I have always wanted to learn Quilling so I was very happy to see that My Creative Classroom is offering an online class.  Our first lesson was yesterday and here is my homework.

We were to create a card and add flowers made from teardrops and leaves from marquise.  The background DP is from the Basic Grey Kioshi paper pad.  I used my Cheery Lynn Designs Canadian Kaleidoscope doily die along with the matching Wing Ding for the flower base.  Then I added Cheery Lynn Designs Tiffany Border down the left side. 

Here you can see the great dimension of the card, I popped up the doily and then the flowers were made with 1/8" quilling paper so they are raised as well.  Finished size is 6" square.

Scenic Stamping and Copic Markers at My Creative Classroom

My online Scenic Stamping and Copic Marker class starts tomorrow at My Creative Classroom. This class is open to anyone who has internet access.  The class includes narrated slide shows, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery. 

• Lesson One: Paper, inks, Copic marker colors, coloring water
• Lesson Two: Buildings, how to blend your colors for that rustic aged wood look and coloring grass
• Lesson Three: Coloring mountains, rocks and trees
• Lesson Four: Skies, what do we do with all that space. We will pull all the elements together to finish our scenes

Course Fee: $35
(Students will have access to the classroom for at least 6 weeks)

Teacher: Sandy Hulsart, MCC Faculty Course Start Date: Sep 14, 2011 Enrollment Begins on: Aug 16, 2011 Last Day to Enroll: Sep 23, 2011 Cost: $35.00

Parchment Craft class at My Creative Classroom

Sweet Stamps is sponsoring my online Parchment Craft class at My Creative Classroom starting on October 11th.  In honor of this I will be giving a seat away, simply add your name to the InLinkz you will find at the end of this post.  The winner will be picked using Random.org on September 15th.  For a chance to win, visit the Sweet Stamps blog. 

This class is open to anyone who has internet access.  Parchment Craft the Sweet Stamps way is much easier than the traditional parchment craft of hand tracing your design onto vellum. We use stamps especially suited to this beautiful art. You will be able to produce amazing results in a very short amount of time.

• Lesson 1 - Tools: piercing and embossing, vellum, ink and coloring methods
• Lesson 2 - Heat embossing and dry embossing
• Lesson 3 - Piercing and cutting out your image, mounting on cardstock
• Lesson 4 - Working with the grid

Sweet Stamps is extending my students a 15% discount on class supplies. This class includes narrated slide shows, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery.

Course Start Date: Oct 11th

Course Length: 4 Weeks

Course Fee: $30

(Students will have access to the classroom for at least 6 weeks)

Scenic Stamping and Copic Markers at My Creative Classroom

My Scenic Stamping and Copic Markers class begins on September 14th at My Creative Classroom.  This class is open to everyone who has an internet connection.  This class includes narrated slide shows, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and a student gallery, you will have access 24/7 for at least 6 weeks.  Plenty of time to finish the 4 lessons.  .If you want to learn to stamp and color scenes with your Copic markers like I do, come and join me.

My Creative Classroom Online classes

For those of my followers who have not clicked on one of my class links, these are ONLINE classes, anyone can attend.  I have students all over the world enjoying my classes.  You have access to the classroom 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  There is one lesson added each week, you will get a narrated slideshow in addition to a PDF for future reference.  There is a Forum for questions and discussions as well as a Gallery for your homework.  The Copic for Beginners class will include some brief videos.  Classrooms usually stay open 2 weeks after the last lesson to give you plenty of opportunity to finish the class.  It really is a great teaching venue and a lot of fun.  So check it out, My Creative Classroom.

Christmas Scenic Stamping at My Creative Classroom

Last chance to enroll for my online class...........

Each week we will work with ornament templates to create wonderful Scenic Christmas ornaments suitable for mounting onto cards or as a gift tag. We will be using an assortment of stamps but I encourage you to try stamps you might already own. We will be using glossy paper, dye inks and a Colorbox Stylus tool. It is not necessary to have taken the Beginner's Scenic class, but it would certainly be beneficial as we will not get in to a lot of technique. This class is more about mixing and matching stamps to create wonderful mini-scenes.

• Week One - Round
• Week Two - Bell
• Week Three - Tapered
• Week Four - Oval

This class includes narrated slide shows, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery. If you have any questions regarding your ability to view course materials, please see our FAQ's.

Click here for the supply list.

Course Start Date: Jul 13, 2011 Enrollment Begins on: Jun 5, 2011 Last Day to Enroll: Jul 23, 2011 Cost: $30.00

Copic Markers for Beginners at My Creative Classroom

My new Copic Markers for Beginner's online class is now open at My Creative Classroom.

Copic markers have taken the crafting industry by storm. Have you tried them but just don't get the results you want? Join me to learn what makes these markers so special and the "must have" tool in your crafting supplies.

• Lesson One – Copic marker styles, basic care, storage and refilling, the Copic numbering system, inks and papers
• Lesson Two – Color combinations and basic 2 color blending, natural blending families, blender pen
• Lesson Three – Alternative Methods to blend and shade, 3 color blending, Copic markers and mixed media
• Lesson Four – The Airbrush System, not necessary to have one for the class but you will learn how much fun they can be.

*The images displayed here (which I colored) are to demonstrate the beauty you can achieve with Copic markers. You will be coloring your own images at your own skill level. This is NOT a Copic Certification class NOR a coloring class, but rather a class devoted to Copic markers; their use and maintenance.

This class includes narrated slide shows, video demonstrations, downloadable PDF tutorials, forums, and student gallery. If you have any questions regarding your ability to view course materials, please see our FAQ's.

**Click here for the supply list.**

Teacher: Sandy Hulsart, MCC Faculty Course Start Date: Jul 20, 2011 Enrollment Begins on: May 9, 2011 Last Day to Enroll: Jul 29, 2011 Cost: $35.00

Last Chance to Sign Up for Digi Stamping Class

Enrollment ends on July 8th for my  Digital Stamping 101 class at My Creative Classroom.  This is an online class so all you need is a computer and internet access and you can attend.

Class began on June 30th at My Creative Classroom, but you have plenty of time to enroll and catch up.   If you want to take the mystery out of digi images, this is the class for you. Learn how to use digi stamps with both Microsoft Word and Photoshop Elements.  You don't have to buy Photoshop, you can download a fully functioning 30 day free trial to follow along with the class.  Come join in on the fun.

Win a Seat in my Digi Stamping Class

Once again we are giving away a seat in my Digital Stamping 101 class at My Creative Classroom.  My class is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and you can enter for a chance to win on the Catch the Bug blog. 

Class begins on June 30th at My Creative Classroom.  If you want to take the mystery out of digi images, this is the class for you.  Here are some comments from students who have taken the class.....

Robyn said... I have enjoyed Sandy and her format. I have had no experience what so ever with digital stamping but I can now easily change sizes etc with word program. Going ok with photoshop but still need to play more with this. I am now totally loving digital stamps when prior to this I have been a pure rubber stamp person only. I am so impressed with the pdf's from each lesson

Janine said... Sandy spent a large amount of time investigating and responding to queries.  This was a great class in techniques and answering questions just before you hit them!  I did have to go back and start again occasionally as I missed something and the package would not behave as I expected.  I am quite relaxed around PCs dealing with them daily but others will find this course more challenging BUT if they stick with it they will be delighted with all the new opportunities that open up to them.  There are so many digital images out there and being able to use these with traditional stamps too is wonderful.   I love Sandy's teaching style and the feedback she gives.

Trena said... As with her other classes, Sandy provided great step out photos and was very responsive when the students had questions. The first lesson I was so excited to learn many "secrets" of how digi images are used. I was using just one single image and now I've expanded my creating!